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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in nor...
122: *[[Ernest Giles]], (1835-1897), explorer of central [[Australia]]
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes... - Steel (28384 bytes)
8: ...h as carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals with lower [[melting]] p...
11: ...rite phase, resulting in an excess of carbon. One way for carbon to leave the austenite is for [[cemen...
15: ...orms, then '''[[quenching]]''' the hot metal in [[water]] or [[oil]], cooling it so rapidly that the t...
26: Iron was in limited use long before it became possible to...
28: ...um of Natural History]] in [[New York City]] in [[1897]], it still weighed over 33 [[ton]]s. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
17: ...on d'Abbadie|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empres...
9: ...hnological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; he...
12: ...ningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] ...
14: ...s the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
16: ...ssed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of ... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...SH|''Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...d the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she superbly bejeweled herself for formal events...
9: ... Austria.(Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide ...
11: ...he Duchess of Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid the...
13: ... her aunt every week without fail. During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from ... - Margaret Chase Smith (2711 bytes)
3: ...e]] and the [[United States Senate| Senate]]. She was the first woman to have her name placed in nomin...
5: ...rapidly establishing bases across the nation, she was instrumental in resolving conflicts between stat...
7: ... (Hathaway only served one term in the Senate; he was defeated in 1978 by Republican [[William Cohen|B...
9: ...edal of Freedom]] from President [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]] in [[1989]].
11: ...r seat, the Maine voters rejected the effort. She was the first (and as yet only) woman chair of the [... - Millicent Fawcett (1226 bytes)
3: ...ne 11]], [[1847]] – [[August 5]], [[1929]]) was a British [[suffragist]] (as opposed to a [[suff...
5: ...eties (the [[NUWSS]]), a position she held from [[1897]] until [[1919]].
7: She was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Dame of the...
9: Millicent Fawcett was the sister of [[Elizabeth Garrett Anderson]], th... - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
2: ... 12]], [[1815]] – [[October 26]], [[1902]]) was a social activist and a leading figure of the ea...
4: ...ated equal. She also proposed a resolution, that was voted upon and carried, demanding voting rights ...
6: ... six volumes by various writers in 1922. Stanton was also active internationally, and in 1888 helped ...
9: ... same cause, and manifested very much in the same way''."
12: ...eral and [[Christianity]] in particular. Stanton was also an outspoken supporter of the 19th century ... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ...y 7]], [[1839]] – [[January 25]], [[1908]]) was the ''[[pen name]]'' of the [[England|English]] ...
3: De la Ram饠was born in [[Bury St Edmunds]], [[England]], to an ...
23: * ''Muriella; or, Le Selve''(1897)
33: * ''Wanda'' (1883)
34: * ''The Waters of Edera'' (??) [http://www.gutenberg.net/ete... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ...rd feudal practice whereby the wife of a nobleman was expected to take charge in his absence. This pra...
4: When she was 24 her husband ɴienne du Castel died, and Pizan...
9: ...ice]], [[Italy]]. When she was four years old she was brought to her father, a councillor of the [[Ven...
13: The Earl of Salisbury, who was in Paris on the occasion of the marriage of [[Ri...
15: ...'La Vision'' (1405) she tells her own history, by way of defence against those who objected to her pre... - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...[[February 3]], [[1874]] - [[July 27]], [[1946]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[poet...
7: ...ornia]], graduating from [[Radcliffe College]] in 1897 followed by two years at [[Johns Hopkins Medical ...
13: ...nd Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael'...
17: When England declared war on Germany in [[World War I]], Stein and Toklas were visiting with [[Alfre...
19: ...reat artists and writers including [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[Thornton Wilder]], [[Sherwood Anderson]] an... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ... ([[July 24]], [[1897]] - c.[[July 2]], [[1937]]) was a famous [[United States|American]] [[aviator]],...
8: ... keep up with aviation as a weekend hobbyist. She was even featured in local newspapers while she taug...
10: ... "[[Powder Puff Derby]]" by [[Will Rogers]]). She was engaged to Samuel Chapman, an attorney from Bost...
14: ...elia_earhart_2.jpg|thumb|250px|Amelia Earhard, It was a long trip in tight quarters ]]On the morning o...
16: ...[Los Angeles]] to [[Mexico City]] and back to [[Newark, New Jersey]]. In July [[1936]] she took delive... - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
3: ... June]] [[1836]] – [[17 December]] [[1917]]) was an [[England|English]] physician and [[feminism|...
5: ...on at the [[Middlesex Hospital]], [[London]], she was refused admission as a full student both there a...
7: ..., at the head of the poll for [[Marylebone]], and was also made one of the visiting physicians of the ...
9: ...ned to women in 1877. In 1897 Dr Garrett Anderson was elected president of the East Anglian branch of ...
11: ...n to the medical profession, of which Dr Anderson was the indefatigable pioneer in [[England]], extend... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...ubing wrapped into a coiled form. The instrument was first developed in France in about 1650 from the...
12: ...uide his steed. The only way to change the pitch was to use the natural [[harmonic]]s of that particu...
14: ... Now the pitch played could be changed in several ways. First the player could change the harmonic se...
21: ...roduced a prototype of the "'''double horn'''" in 1897.
23: ...the horn player can quickly switch from the deep, warm tones of the F horn to the higher, brighter ton... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...c figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free...
7: The United States was the first nation to create the office of [[Presi...
12: ...e United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have ...
14: ...] [[Elaine Chao]], born in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]]; [[United States Director of National Intellig...
16: ...endment XXII]] (which took effect in [[1951]] and was first applied to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] starti... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
10: [[March 4]], [[1893]] – [[March 3]], [[1897]]</td></tr>
16: [[William McKinley]] ([[1897]])</td></tr>
26: [[Adlai E. Stevenson]] ([[1893]]–[[1897]])</td></tr></table>
29: ...political domination between the [[American Civil War]] and the election of [[Woodrow Wilson]] in [[19...
31: Cleveland was a hard worker and was scrupulously honest at a time when many politici... - Nigeria (19231 bytes)
1: ...roposed by a ''[[The Times|Times]]'' article in [[1897]].
30: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total <br> - % water
63: ... [[World War II]], the British moved the colony towards self-government on a federal basis.
65: Nigeria was granted full independence in 1960, as a federati...
67: ...f 30,000 Igbos. Following the creation of Biafra, war broke out with the Federal Government. Under Bri... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: ... bordered by [[South Africa]] to the south, [[Botswana]] to the west, [[Zambia]] to the north and [[Mo...
24: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total<br> - % water || [[List of countries by area|Ranked 59th]]<b...
28: ...clared<br/> - Recognised|| [[Rhodesian Civil War]]<br>''(as Rhodesia)'' [[November 11|Nov. 11]], ...
48: ...by the [[Ndebele]], led by king [[Mzilikazi]] who was fleeing [[Shaka]] and his [[Zulu]] during the [[...
52: ... encroachment on their native lands in [[1896]]-[[1897]]. - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
22: percent_water = 1.3% |
52: ...Officially recognised regional languages:<br>in [[Wales]]: [[Welsh language|Welsh]]; and in [[Scotland...
54: ...ich — the ancient nations of [[England]], [[Wales]] and [[Scotland]] — are located on the ...
58: ...which, until 1949, the King of the United Kingdom was also King of Ireland). This state later became t...
62: ...o refer officially to Scotland and to England and Wales as, respectively, "North Britain" and "South B... - Flag of Connecticut (1242 bytes)
3: ...ecticut General Assembly]] approved the flag in [[1897]].
5: ...d Saybrook, Connecticut|Saybrook Colony]] when it was established in [[1639]]. That seal depicted 15 g...
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